Magazine-projectile.



J. M. SALADINER.

MAGAZINE PROJECTILE.

APPLIICATION FILED net 1. 19:].

1,284, 148. Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

JOSEPH M. SALADINER, OF BRYAN, TEXAS.

MAGAZINE-PROJECTILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

Application filed October 1, 1917. Serial No. 194,256.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH M. SALADINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bryan, in the county of Brazos and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Magazine-Projectile, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to projectiles and bombs, and aims to provide a novel and improved instrument of destruction, which after being fired and traveling the desired distance for which the time fuse has been set, will scatter fragments in all directions and in addition will scatter a large number of bombs in all directions, which, in having time fuses, will be set off at predetermined distances from the point of the main explosion, thus amplifying and increasing the range of destruction.

The present improvements can be used in a projectile for land operations, or naval or submarine work, or the destruction of airships of all types, or for use in bombs dropped from alrships.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a projectile or bomb embodying a casing so formed on its interior as to break into a large number of fragments when the main charge is exploded, and to also hold the bombs contained therein in place, said bombs being so constructed and arranged as to scatter in all directions when the projectile explodes and being set off by their time fuses which are ignited by the main explosion.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section, of the projectile.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section thereof.

In carrying out the invention, the casing 1 of the projectile may be of any suitable size and shape, according to the use to which the projectile is to be put, and, as illustrated, a time fuse 2 of the projectile is attached to the casing at the nose, said time fuse having the function of exploding the projectile when it has traveled the distance for which the fuse has been set. A base plug 3 is socured within the base end of the casing.

Disposed within the casing l is a large number of bombs 4., and, as illustrated, these bombs are disposed in annular sets one behind the other and radially within the easing. The bombs are of frusto-conical form. being tapered inwardly, so that the bombs of each annular set can fit together closely, as seen in Fig. 2. The outer ends of the bombs are conical or pointed, as at 5, to fit in conical recesses 6 provided in the interior surface of the casing 1, thus holding the bombs in place. These recesses 6 also serve to weaken the casing 1 throughout, so that when it bursts it will break into a large number of fragments. The tapered form of the bombs will also enable those at the forward or nose end of the casing to tiltrearwardly slightly, as seen in Fig. 1, permitting the bombs to conform to both the transverse and longitudinal curvature of the casing.

The casing l is filled with an explosive charge 7 located in the central chamber surrounded by the bombs, and the explosive charge also extends between the bombs, as seen in Fig. 1, whereby said charge in bemg lgnited by the time fuse 2, either after traveling a predetermined distance, or upon impact with an object, will break the-casing into fragments and also scatter the bombs 4 in all directions. These bombs 4 are provided at their smaller base ends with time fuses 8 of any suitable construction, which are lgnited by the explosion of the main charge 7, resulting in the bombs 4 exploding after being thrown a predetermined distance. Thus, the main explosion breaks the casing 1 into fragments and scatters the bombs 4, but the bombs themselves will in turn explode and scatter fragments, thus greatly increasing the range and intensity of destruction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: p 1. A magazine projectile including a casing having interior tapered recesses, bombs within the casing and having their noses seated in the recesses, and a main explosive charge packed within the casing and between the bombs to hold said bombs against relative movement prior to explosion of the charge.

2. A magazine projectile including a casing having interior annular series of tapered recesses in the wall thereof for weakening said Wall, bombs arranged in annular series Within the casing and having their noses seated in the recesses, said bombs being tapered inwardly and the bombs of each series contacting along straight lines radiating from the center of the casing, and an exlo plosive charge packed within the casing and between the bombs for hold ng the bombs against relative movement prior. to the explosion of the charge.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature 15 in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOSEPH M. SALADINER. Witnesses:

S. M. HUNTER, R. Q. As'r lN. 

